SO fiddle

Test Fiddle mainly for SO Questions

by Nick Craver

HTML

<link rel="stylesheet" href="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jqueryui/1.8.4/themes/overcast/jquery-ui.css">

CSS

td { border: solid 1px #ddd; padding: 5px; }

JavaScript

var html = '<table > \
  <tr> \
      <td><a href="/link.html" onclick="javascript:aFunction()">some text</a></td> \
      <td><a href="/anotherlink.html">some more text</a></td> \
  </tr> \
</table>';

$(html).find('a').replaceWith(function() {
    return this.innerHTML;
}).end().appendTo(document.body);